Portland vs. Saint Mary's prediction: Saint Mary's favored to win men's college basketball matchup [1/2/2026]

Saint Mary's and Portland are scheduled to meet in men's college basketball action at University Credit Union Pavilion on Friday, with tipoff at 10:00 PM ET.

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers' proven college basketball model predicts Saint Mary's as the most likely winner of the Portland vs. Saint Mary's game.

This article offers further insights into Friday's matchup, including an expanded look at the predicted score, best bets and picks.

Portland vs. Saint Mary's prediction: Who will win and cover?

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the outcome of Friday's NCAA basketball game between Portland and Saint Mary's 10,000 times as part of our men's college basketball predictions coverage.

Our famous predictive model gives Saint Mary's a 97% chance of beating Portland. Our predicted final score has Saint Mary's winning 83-62.

According to our model, Saint Mary's (-19.5) has a 53% chance of covering the spread, while the 146.5-point over/under has an equal 50-50 chance of hitting.

Portland vs. Saint Mary's odds

We have researched the best men's college basketball odds in America for this game, which are listed here:

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Portland vs. Saint Mary's picks and best bet

After matching our probabilities against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:

According to our men's college basketball best bets, the top play to make on this game is Saint Mary's -19.5 at the spread.

Portland vs. Saint Mary's game-day updates and essential details

Friday's men's college basketball action between Saint Mary's and Portland at University Credit Union Pavilion is scheduled to begin at 10:00 PM ET.

• Who: Portland vs. Saint Mary's
• Date: Friday, January 2, 2026
• Time: 10:00 PM ET/7:00PM PT
• Venue: University Credit Union Pavilion

Conclusion

We predict Saint Mary's, with a 97% win probability, will likely beat Portland on Friday.

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